Seeing his evasive gaze, Jiang Sheng casually said, "Don't bother. We'll take this boat back to the Central Plains. Now that you've found your mother, go home early."
Wu Shuyan noticed his distant attitude and her eyes reddened: "I'm sorry, big brother, and...goodbye!"
He sniffed, turned around and ran towards Lian Ji.
The figures of mother and son walked farther and farther away and soon disappeared.
Bing urged, "Don't look at it anymore. That little fox will be fine. Let's go buy something and leave."
The two walked towards the street, one in front and the other behind. As soon as they entered the street, they heard the lively shouting, which seemed like two different worlds compared to the loneliness outside the street. The aroma of food bloomed in the air.
Jiang Sheng walked all the way there, shopping, and even when he found an empty alley, he would just buy and buy. Seeing this, Bing's eyelids twitched: "Your ability is really... enviable."
"You've collected everything in the Dan Pavilion, right? When we get back to the ship, can you help me look for some elixir that can suppress my poison? It would be great if I could live a few more days."
"Okay, I understand."
The two of them spent half an hour shopping, stuffing all the bags, big and small, into the space. Jiang Sheng also found some seeds in the grocery store. Regardless of whether he knew them or not, he took them home to study.
Kirishima is so far away from the Central Plains, there might be some seeds suitable for the Central Plains. It's a rare trip here, so naturally I have to buy more to take back. It will be difficult to come back next time.
Bing saw him paying the money without blinking, almost emptying the other person's grocery store, and the corners of his mouth twitched.
Noticing those strange looks, the corners of his mouth twitched as he reminded: "Hey, you're almost there. What are you trying to do? You might as well just clear out the entire street."
"No need. All the food in the Central Plains needs to be moved. What I want is seeds. You know seeds."
Jiang Sheng was busy shopping, and the shop owner was grinning from ear to ear. He was selling all the old goods, and it seemed that these vendors were making a lot of money.
He smiled so hard that his eyes couldn't see. "Young Master, I still have quite a few things in my warehouse. Why don't you go and have a look to see if there's anything you like? They're all seeds I got from all over the place."
"There's a warehouse, let's go check it out."
Bing followed him to the warehouse with an oil-paper bag in her hand. As soon as she opened the door, a gust of dust hit her nose. She raised her sleeve to cover her nose and frowned tightly.
Jiang Sheng walked in and took a look. There were indeed many seeds that he didn't recognize. So he bought them all and took them home to try. He also looked for them in the ancient books in the bamboo house. Maybe there would be records on this subject.
"Hey, give me half of these. There are too many things to fit on the boat. Please deal with them quickly. I need to return to the ship."
The old man's eyes lit up and he nodded hurriedly: "Yes, young master, please go to the yard and wait. I will have someone install it right away."
"Well, Bing, let's go."
The two of them came to the yard. Jiang Sheng looked around and his eyes fell on the purple bamboo. He raised his eyebrows. This thing seemed a little familiar. He wondered where he had seen it before.
Bing glanced at it and said casually, "Why, are you interested in this purple bamboo? This thing is really a good thing. If you want to buy it, you can buy more of it."
"Well, do you know him?"
"I know. There are a few in the Palace Master's courtyard. There are so many here. I once secretly cut one. After peeling it, there was a very sweet juice inside."
"If you take it back and plant it in large quantities, you can squeeze the juice to make sugar. It tastes much better than malt sugar and has a very refreshing and sweet taste."
An image flashed through Jiang Sheng's mind, and a hint of realization flashed in his eyes. He remembered that it was introduced in the ancient books of Zhuwu. This is... sugarcane, which can be made into brown sugar to nourish women's bodies.
His eyes lit up and he smiled and said, "That makes sense. Then dig it up and take it back to plant. Maltose is really too expensive. If this thing can be made into sugar, it would be the best."
Bing looked around at the purple tubers growing out of the soil.
"Huh? Sweet grass, I didn't expect there was something like this here."
Jiang Sheng walked over, squatted down, plucked one and looked at it, puzzled: "What is this, a red carrot? The ones we have are white and green radishes, I didn't expect there are red carrots."
"It's not a radish, it just looks like one. This is the tuber of sweetgrass, which can also be squeezed into juice and boiled into sugar, but this sugar is different from the one made from purple bamboo."
"This red skin has white flesh inside, and when squeezed dry it produces white sugar. You can buy some and take them back. This thing may not be available in the Central Plains."
Bing said this casually and found a stone bench to sit on.
The old man in the storeroom sorted the things out, weighed them, and said with a smile: "Sir, everything has been weighed. The total is one hundred and three taels of silver. I'll give you one hundred taels for the lead."
Jiang Sheng hummed, "Okay, have them move it directly to the boat. Also, dig up this patch of purple bamboo and pack it in sacks. And this patch of carrots... dig them up and sell them to me."
"Ah, this, the purple bamboo is just something I planted for fun. It looks better than the green bamboo, but it's useless. Are you sure you want to spend money on it?"
"Yes, I also think the purple color is very beautiful and elegant. It would be nice to buy some and plant them at home. These red carrots are also beautiful. I would take them home and plant them at home."
The shopkeeper was at a loss for words and said, "Very well, then give me a total of 110 taels of silver. I'll give you 10 taels of silver for each of the purple bamboo and carrots."
"Things are valuable because they are rare. This kind of thing looks pretty good at home. It's much more pleasing to the eye than green bamboo."
"Well, let's get people digging."
Jiang Sheng started to order people around: "Bing, go back to the boat and wait. Ask the boatman to wait for me a little longer. He can give me more silver. I must take these things back."
Bing hummed, stood up, walked out of the backyard, and headed towards the dock.
The waiter in the yard worked for a while before he finished digging up everything. He was so tired that he was sweating all over. He complained in his heart that the vendor had never seen anything good and had to buy everything he saw.
After paying the silver, Jiang Sheng led his men towards the boat.
After someone put it in the cabin, soon the sound of gongs sounded and the boat was about to set sail.
We spent more than ten days on the sea. When we arrived at the dock, everyone was exhausted. Everything they saw seemed dizzy, and they felt a little lightheaded even when walking.
Jiang Sheng's face turned pale. He stood on the land and took a while to relax. Then he felt alive again. He looked around and felt that he was not shaking as much.
"Phew, we're finally here. We don't have to take a boat anymore. I'm so dizzy."
Jiang Sheng had already stored the things in the cabin into the space. The two of them got off the boat directly with a bag on their backs and found a nearby town to buy horses to continue their journey. Unexpectedly, this place was a bit remote and there were no horses for sale.
The two stood on the street and looked at each other.
Bing said helplessly: "What should I do? If I don't have a horse, I can't walk. It will take too much time on the road."
"Let's go buy a donkey cart."
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